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Re:Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting... by thedufer on Monday February 18, 2019 @08:53PM (#19196105)
It is not illegal to use IQ tests as part of a job screening (in the US). It is illegal to screen in a way that is both discriminatory and not proven to correlate with job performance, but that applies equally to both IQ tests and algorithms questions.
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Re:Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting... by 1000units on Monday February 18, 2019 @09:06PM (#19196150)
IQ is proven to correlate with performance in virtually everything, so I'm not sure where you're going with that.

If I require all prospective engineering hires to prove explicitly that they have an IQ of at least 135, I will get sued. Do you think this is false?

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Re:Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting... by thedufer on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:10AM (#19207514)
Obviously I do not think that is false; you can get sued for literally anything. Do I think you would lose? Depends on whether you've done the research showing that 135 is an important cut-off.

To turn this around, can you point at the law that makes IQ a protected class or whatever you're claiming it is? I'm not going to have much luck proving a negative - Russell's teapot and all that.

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